[104] M^r Simon Smith                                    Accountants Office New London C^t                                        June 27 1799 Sir Your account for manufacturing 119 Compleat[?] of Ironmans Accoutrements shewing a balance to be due you of                                                                              2017 [undecipherable] has been examined & underwent the following deductions by the charge of packing said accoutrements as it is conceived you are not properly entitled thereto, being also confirmed by M^r Norm Smiths demanding no such allowance for [undecipherable] for the Ironmans accoutrements manufactures by him at Hartford                          [undecipherable] this made overcharged by you for 19 Gross          [undecipherable] also [undecipherable]              13 White                  [undecipherable]                                                                                         4.8 leaving a balance in your favor of    Dollars    2013.1[undecipherable] which sum will be transmitted to you by annual funds for which you will grant him the customary rec[undecipherable] — [undecipherable] N.S. --- Ebenezer Stevens Esq^r                                                 July 1^st 1799 New York Sir Some time since the Secretary of War handed me a letter from General Hamilton calling on you on this subject of provisions at Fort Jay to fulfill at his request and your letter was promised to serve as information for the accountant. I have accordingly been in expectation of finding the provisions credited in the [undecipherable] account accompanied by the certificate of [undecipherable] for which you have allowed in your letter to the